Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with William Theodore De Bary, 2010Biographical NoteColumbia University Professor and Provost.
Scope and ContentsBackground: Childhood in Leonia, New Jersey; discussion of family, World War II, Columbia College experience, Fanny de Bary's relationship with Columbia University; 1930s resident cooperatives, Shanks Village Cooperative in Leonia, New Jersey. Education: Columbia College, 1941; PhD, 1953; LittD (honorary), 1994; Career: John Mitchell Mason Professor of Columbia University 1979-1990; executive vice president and provost 1971-1978; president of the Association for Asian Studies 1969-1970; and Chairman, University Senate Executive Committee 1969-1971. Columbia Core Curriculum; globalization of higher education; Columbia University's international campuses; market trends and higher education; East Asian Studies Department; Chinese culture and history; Confucianism; relationship between University faculty and administration; relationship of Columbia College Dean to faculty; unification of the faculty of arts and sciences; George Fraenkel; Michael I. Sovern; function of academic departments, arts and sciences faculty, and Dean of Columbia College; overtime; Committee on Instruction (COI); tenure and tenure reform; Columbia College financial difficulties; lack of Columbia University academic community; previous Columbia University Provosts; Nicholas Murray Butler; de Bary's tenure as Provost; the Stern Gang; 1968 Columbia University crisis; Columbia University presidents and trustees; fundraising; undergraduate and graduate teaching; de Bary’s role in University athletics; Columbia University Senate; co-education; Edward Said and Oriental Studies; expansion of Columbia College enrollment; Society of Fellows; Society of Senior Scholars; Heyman Center; Columbia University Press; and de Bary’s election to Japan Academy.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2014.
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